Visiting District Judge Steven Smith on Friday lifted an arrest order for Dante Vance, son of suspended Judge Regina Arditti, who is on trial on nepotism charges.

The order was lifted after Theresa Caballero, a lawyer for Arditti, requested it be withdrawn. Smith issued the arrest order Friday after Vance was called to the stand but did not appear. In her request to the judge, Caballero said Vance did not mean to thwart a court order and cited that the date on Vance's subpoena was incorrect.

"The date on the subpoena was wrong," Caballero said. "The prosecution issued the subpoena saying, 'Dante Vance, come to court on May 2, and stay thereafter.' But the subpoena wasn't served until 11:20 a.m., May the 3rd. They are disorganized in their subpoenas."

Officials with the District Attorney's Office confirmed that the judge was willing to entertain Caballero's request and was in the process of carrying it out.

Vance was subpoenaed by prosecutors to testify in the trial of his mother, who is charged with bribery, nepotism and abuse of official capacity. Prosecutors alleged that Arditti and another suspended district judge, Manuel Barraza, agreed to hire each other's relatives after they took office in January 2009. Arditti allegedly hired Barraza's sister, Sally Mena as a court coordinator, while Barraza allegedly agreed to hire Vance as a bailiff of Criminal District Court No. 1.

Vance is expected to appear at 8:15 a.m., Monday in County Court-At-Law No. 5.